brontosaurus
noun
brontosauruses
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pluralof brontosaurus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One lineage gave rise to all other animals on Earth, from brontosauruses to badgers.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2023
This means that a wide range of iconic dinosaurs were warm-blooded: Velociraptors and tyrannosaurus rexes were theropods, pterodactyls and so-called "monkeydactyls" were pterosaurs, triceratopses and stegosauruses were ornithischia, and brontosauruses and brachiosauruses were sauropods.
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
He also knew that brontosauruses are vegetarians and that construction trucks make a noise like this when they back up: “Beep, beep, beep, shhh.”
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2017
But they turned out to be helpless on a land they could not really understand, clumsy brontosauruses bogged down in rigid procedures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boasts Lockley: "The conventional wisdom was that baby brontosauruses were hard to find."
From Time Magazine Archive
